Murray Isaac Cpa Ca Email & Phone Number

Burnaby

Responsible for finance function in a multi-national parts solutions company.

Delta, Bc

Oversees full cycle accounting and monthend, including controls and processes.

Managed financial analysis for business groups in excess of $1B in revenue. One of 4 key finance leaders for the company• Supervised monthly financial statement preparation, cyclical budgeting/forecasting, quarterly board-style reporting and external audit using APSE. Foreign exchange hedging. Accounting and transition activities for acquisitions. Accounting Policy control• Managed financial projects and outcomes with analysis group of 7+ professionals.• Costing related – production department costing, inventory count processes and controls, analysis of shrink (waste) variances; setting standard rates for distribution/ transportation costs, data mining of transactions• Business project modelling – labour negotiations, acquisitions, due diligence, loyalty program analysis, SG&A benchmarking, business growth scenario, facility viability studyAccomplishments• Shortened business decision making process by implementing 5 day close process (down from 8 days)• Generated over $1M in annual tax savings through review and amendment capital policies• Developed financial model to support implementation of Ethnic offering in certain locations, including structure of union labour agreement• Achieved >10% labour efficiencies by managing to operational benchmarks in a complex unionized environmentSystems: Lawson, Hyperion Planning, data query tools

Langley, Bc

Monthly analysis and reporting for multiple business units. Reviewing business processes and accounting controls.• Improved inventory count accuracy by 80% through development of inventory counting processes and tools. • Part of a cross-functional project team that scoped and executed receiving and shrink tracking processes which resulted in annual savings of $10M after 2 years.

London, Uk

Responsible for monthly consolidation reporting and forecasting for various European functions (European Operations, UK Operations and SG&A costs). • Monitored percentage of completion revenue recognition for development contracts.• Identified £4K per month in savings for UK head office phone costs.• Developed consistent and comprehensive reporting structures for European SG&A costs• Managed UK to US GAAP differences for capitalization of software development.• Analysed budget inputs from technical and operations units and identified £1.5M gap in internal allocation assumptions.• Implemented US GAAP dilapidation provisions requirements for UK.Systems: SAP FICO, Oracle

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting And Finance

Major in Accounting

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